Tough Start for AMI's 'Reality Weekly' Mag

New publication aims high but misses its short-term mark

While Brangelina and Jennifer Aniston still get shoppers’ attention at the newsstand, the Kardashians, Housewives and Teen Mom are the new cover stars. So American Media Inc.’s Reality Weekly, a new magazine focused on the exploits of reality TV characters, might have seemed like a no-brainer. But so far, it hasn’t come close to matching the popularity of the genre.

AMI initially put 350,000 copies on newsstands, with hopes to get that number to 1 million newsstand copies in six weeks.

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